Honors Fellowships

Michelle Barbeau

I am exploring how a mutation in a thyroid hormone receptor (a protein in charge of the cellular response to thyroid hormone) affects its location and movement within the cell. This mutant thyroid hormone receptor is implicated in a type of liver cancer, so understanding all of the differences between the mutant and the normal receptor is important for understanding and treating the cancer.

Hometown: Vienna, VirginiaHobbies: I enjoy running, hiking, biking, reading, and watching YouTube.Fun Fact: I have a broken-off bone fragment in one of my fingers from the mighty shoe of a seven-year-old.